About the performer

Boo Reiners

BOO REINERS originally hails from Richmond, VA where early on he discovered the five-string banjo and bluegrass music. He attended Boston's Berklee College of Music and eventually moved to New York City, where he was a member of the critically acclaimed rock act Sweet Lizard Illtet (Warner Bros. Records). Reiners has recorded and toured nationally as well as internationally with his group Demolition String Band and has played as sideman with a variety of artists including Charlie Louvin (The Louvin Brothers), Laura Cantrell (including a performance at the Grand Ole Opry in '03), Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan, Lenny Kravitz), and The Klezmatics.